犯罪故意认定的证据法学解读

实体法上广为讨论的犯罪故意认定问题,最终要在司法证明过程中进行.在罪过难辨的疑案中,裁判者应坚持无罪推定原则,作为区分故意与过失的最后一道屏障.对于故意这种“无法定义只能描述”的复杂心理现象,以实体法上的抽象概念去界定不如以证据法上直观的类型化判断来把握.故意“概念的类型化”,是以认识程度和意志程度之强度互补的弹性组合...

Defining Criminal Intention in the View of Evidence Law

As a hot topic in substantial law,the problem of defining criminal intention should be finally solved in the proving process.In those cases in which it is difficult to define criminal intention,the judges should stick to the doctrine of the presumption of innocence as the last barrier to distinguish between intention and negligence.The stylized method in evidence law is better than the conceptualized method in substantial law to define criminal intention which is a complicate psychological phenomenon that can not be defined but be described.The stylized concept of criminal intention is using a dynamic combination of the elements of cognition and volition to distinguish between criminal intention and negligence.Checking these six types of intention with twelve typical cases in this article,we can find the practical value of this transition of methods,and also the judges can find clearer logic rules and further reasoning basis.